Meanings
adjectivesanguinivorous (not comparable)
- not comparableSubsisting on a diet of blood.
Origin
Latin sanguis (blood) + vorare (to devour).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sanguinivorous
carnivorousherbivorousomnivorousinsectivorouspiscivorousalgivorousamphivorousaphidivorousaurivorousbaccivorouscanivorousdetritivorousequivorousfructivorousfrugivorousfucivorousfungivorousgraminivorousgranivoroushominivorouslarvivorouslichenivorouslignivorousnectarivorous
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sanguinivorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanguinivorous
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“sanguinivorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanguinivorous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanguinivorous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanguinivorous.
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